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2018-03-20T00:01:24.000000000+00:00
Titles vying for £30,000 award for books on health and medicine include Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀’s novel Stay With Me and Sigrid Rausing’s memoir MayhemA reflection on death from a palliative care consultant sits alongside a Nigerian novel tackling the heartbreak of infertility on the female-dominated W...

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Study finds low-income families cannot afford representation due to freeze in means test threshold Some of the poorest families in England and Wales are being denied legal aid because they cannot afford the financial contributions they are required to make, according to the Law Society.A study co...

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Sum spent by council would be enough to build the original block three times overNearly £21m has been spent keeping Grenfell Tower survivors in hotel rooms, enough to have built the original block an estimated three times over, new figures suggest.The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC...

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Committee recommends laws forcing firms to offer new fathers flexible work patterns and ringfencing their leaveBritain must radically reform parental leave to encourage more fathers to take time off work, or it will never get to grips with the gender pay gap, an influential committee of MPs has r...

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MPs hear how presenters felt forced by the BBC to set up controversial personal service companies A BBC presenter has told MPs she tried to kill herself because of stress over the controversial arrangements under which she was employed.The anonymous presenter was among TV and radio personalities ...

2018-03-19T21:33:32.000000000+00:00
Dr Ernesto Schwartz-Marin and Dr Arely Cruz-Santiago had been ordered to leave Britain after doing humanitarian work in MexicoThe Home Office has reversed a decision to deport two Durham University academics after a public outcry.Dr Ernesto Schwartz-Marin and Dr Arely Cruz-Santiago had been issue...

2018-03-19T21:30:21.000000000+00:00
The first in an occasional series on meteorological terminology: a look at the atmospheric conditions behind the late cold snaps that interrupted springThe historic disruptive cold spell at the turn of the month and the brief intense wintry spell last weekend were caused by a record-breaking sudd...

2018-03-19T21:25:12.000000000+00:00
Actor hits out after Gilliam says anti-sexual violence harassment movement is creating ‘world of victims’ Ellen Barkin has hit out at Terry Gilliam after leading criticism of the director and former Monty Python member’s “mob rule” comments on the #MeToo campaign.Barkin, who acted in Gilliam’s 19...

2018-03-19T19:46:11.000000000+00:00
Craig Savage faces two counts of murder over shooting of women at their home in St LeonardsA man has been charged with two counts of murder over the fatal shooting of a mother and daughter in East Sussex, police have said.Craig Savage, 35, of no fixed abode, was charged with the murders of Michel...

2018-03-19T19:28:12.000000000+00:00
Senior Tories criticise concessions to Brussels on issues ranging from immigration to fisheries Theresa May faced a storm of protest over a transition deal struck with Brussels after conceding a series of her high-profile Brexit demands and agreeing to the “back stop” plan of keeping Northern Ire...